Meaghan Smith

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Meaghan Smith is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. While her independently recorded debut album, The Cricket's Orchestra was picked up by Sire Records/Warner Music Canada and released in early 2010,[1] she received a great deal of exposure by contributing a cover of alternative rock group Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" to the soundtrack of 2009's (500) Days of Summer,[2] featuring her playing an Omnichord.[3] At the Juno Awards of 2011, she won Best New Artist.

Early life

Smith grew up in London, Ontario in a family of musicians;[4] her mother a piano teacher and her father a bass player.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/764107--how-songbird-meaghan-smith-overcame-her-nerves
  2. ↑ http://www.lhj.com/blogs/ladieslounge/2010/01/22/if-you-dont-know-meaghan-smith-yet-you-should%E2%80%94and-you-will/
  3. ↑ Meaghan Smith demonstrates the Omnichord
  4. ↑ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124617059&ft=1&f=1039
  5. ↑ http://www.meaghansmith.com/content/bio

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